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Post by dwightmachinehead on Aug 23, 2020 12:31:14 GMT
In Total Recall it can be viewed that the movie from when Arnie freaks out at Rekall is all part of his egotrip. The implant guy goes 'blue sky on Mars that's a new one' on the TV screen it shows Melina and at the end before the credits the light begins to penetrate the scene as if Arnie was waking up.
On the other side, it could all be coincidence, he did dream of Mars and Melina before he got to Rekall, so it was not a dream it was reality.
What do you think? Total Recall, was it the ego trip or was it reality?
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Post by politicidal on Aug 23, 2020 13:13:43 GMT
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Post by James on Aug 23, 2020 14:11:07 GMT
I refuse to believe it was a dream.
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Post by Marv on Aug 23, 2020 14:12:56 GMT
Not a Dream, mostly just because we see things from perspectives other than Arnold’s. If we only saw things from Arnold’s POV, then I’d reconsider.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Aug 23, 2020 14:54:46 GMT
It's totally explained on the dvd commentary. But since most people have heard it already, probably, i guess i don't need to go into it.
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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 23, 2020 15:29:17 GMT
I like to think it was real. If it wasn't, the whole movie would have an air of pointlessness to it.
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Post by Vits on Aug 23, 2020 17:55:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 2:28:44 GMT
I lean dream. Everything that happens on Quaid's dream adventure is basically what he's signed up for and promised.
I don't think it makes the movie pointless. Rather, more self-aware and satirical, as per RoboCop.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 24, 2020 2:29:53 GMT
No.
I'd like the movie even less if I thought it was a dream.
The short story is brilliant btw.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 24, 2020 2:44:40 GMT
I lean dream. Everything that happens on Quaid's dream adventure is basically what he's signed up for and promised. I don't think it makes the movie pointless. Rather, more self-aware and satirical, as per RoboCop. I am up for a debate on this one. In the movie he is obsessed with going to Mars and for me the reason in because he has already been there and had his memory erased. The irony in my view is that it did no good and that his subconscious draws in him back to it making the erasing of his memory pointless. Not only that but it ends up causing the demise of the villains who set it all up to begin with. I may be remembering slightly wrong, but that is what happens in the short story, though there are 2 different scenarios in the short story. The set up is similar in the story, but what follows is very different and the last act is nothing a like. My dislike of the movie has nothing to do with the script though. I have only seen the movie 3 times and the most recent was 3 years ago.
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 24, 2020 2:46:37 GMT
Dream.
In the end he was lobotomized.
"Don't fuck with your brain pal. It ain't worth it."
"I 'guess' not."
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 24, 2020 2:58:54 GMT
When he is using the holographic watch and the soldiers shoot at him--they are in a circle and none of the bullets hit the other soldiers.
Goof or dream physics?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 3:02:40 GMT
I lean dream. Everything that happens on Quaid's dream adventure is basically what he's signed up for and promised. I don't think it makes the movie pointless. Rather, more self-aware and satirical, as per RoboCop. I am up for a debate on this one. In the movie he is obsessed with going to Mars and for me the reason in because he has already been there and had his memory erased. The irony in my view is that it did no good and that his subconscious draws in him back to it making the erasing of his memory pointless. Not only that but it ends up causing the demise of the villains who set it all up to begin with. I may be remembering slightly wrong, but that is what happens in the short story, though there are 2 different scenarios in the short story. The set up is similar in the story, but what follows is very different and the last act is nothing a like. My dislike of the movie has nothing to do with the script though. I have only seen the movie 3 times and the most recent was 3 years ago. For me the reason he's obsessed with Mars is because he's a working schmo who is bored with his life and hates his wife. Mars represents something exciting and different. It's like an American Beauty take on 80s action and sci-fi. The joke is that Arnie is playing a guy who wishes he was in an Arnie movie and gets to live it out a little...and shoot his wife in the head.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 24, 2020 3:03:44 GMT
When he is using the holographic watch and the soldiers shoot at him--they are in a circle and none of the bullets hit the other soldiers. Goof or dream physics? Goof. Because if it is his dream there is no reason why the bullets shouldn't be hitting them. Other people die in the "dream" so why do the soldiers get a pass? The rest of the dream conforms to the rules of the world the movie sets up from the start. Not to mention that would make it way to obvious if intentional, unless he did it purposely to make people wonder if it was a goof or intentional. I suppose a case can be made that that fits with the kind of filmmaker Paul Verhoeven is.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 24, 2020 3:07:18 GMT
I am up for a debate on this one. In the movie he is obsessed with going to Mars and for me the reason in because he has already been there and had his memory erased. The irony in my view is that it did no good and that his subconscious draws in him back to it making the erasing of his memory pointless. Not only that but it ends up causing the demise of the villains who set it all up to begin with. I may be remembering slightly wrong, but that is what happens in the short story, though there are 2 different scenarios in the short story. The set up is similar in the story, but what follows is very different and the last act is nothing a like. My dislike of the movie has nothing to do with the script though. I have only seen the movie 3 times and the most recent was 3 years ago. For me the reason he's obsessed with Mars is because he's a working schmo who is bored with his life and hates his wife. Mars represents something exciting and different. It's like an American Beauty take on 80s action and sci-fi. The joke is that Arnie is playing a guy who wishes he was in an Arnie movie and gets to live it out a little...and shoot his wife in the head. I guess I just don't find that as interesting, but I get the reasoning. Obviously that is what the viewer is meant to think before he goes to the recall center, because it does make sense. It is just the basic everyday person fantasy in movie form.
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Post by ck100 on Sept 4, 2020 2:11:29 GMT
Total Recall coming to 4K Blu-ray on December 8th. Available for the First Time on 4K Ultra HD™ in a 3-Disc Combo Pack, In Celebration of Its 30th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD to Include Dolby Vision® and Dolby Atmos® Street Date: 12/8/20 4K UHD SRP: $22.99
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi classic gets the ultimate high-definition treatment when Total Recall arrives as a 3-disc 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray™ and Digital) and Digital 4K Ultra HD December 8 from Lionsgate. Restored in 4K from a scan of the original 35mm negative, the visionary film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator franchise, Predator, The 6th Day), Rachel Ticotin (Con Air, Falling Down, The Eye), Oscar® nominee Sharon Stone (1995, Best Actress, Casino), and Michael Ironside (Starship Troopers, Scanners, Top Gun).
Undertaken by STUDIOCANAL, the restoration was supervised by Paul Verhoeven himself. The restoration crew paid particularly high attention to preserving special-effects continuity, as Total Recall was one of the earliest films to use computer-generated images for special effects winning the Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects at the 1990 Academy Awards®. Available for the very first time in this absolutely stunning format, the Total Recall 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack will include a never-before-seen exclusive documentary feature as well as two brand-new featurettes. Experience four times the resolution of full HD with the 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, which includes Dolby Vision, bringing entertainment to life through ultra-vivid picture quality. When compared to a standard picture, Dolby Vision can deliver spectacular colors never before seen on a screen, highlights that are up to 40 times brighter, and blacks that are 10 times darker. Additionally, the 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack features Dolby Atmos, which will transport viewers from an ordinary moment into an extraordinary experience with moving audio that flows all around them. Fans will feel like they’re inside the action as the sounds of people, places, things, and music come alive with breathtaking realism and move throughout the space.
The Total Recall 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack will be available for the suggested retail price of $22.99.
Inspired by the Short Story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick ● Screen Story by Ronald Shusett & Dan O’Bannon and Jon Povill ●Screenplay by Ronald Shusett & Dan O’Bannon and Gary Goldman ● Directed by Paul Verhoeven
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS Fully reimagined in stunning 4K for its 30th anniversary — and remastered in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos — Paul Verhoeven’s out-of-this-world sci-fi thrill ride can now be experienced like never before! In this splintered-reality mind-bender, it’s the year 2084, and construction worker Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is haunted by dreams of Mars, a place he’s never been. Against his wife’s (Sharon Stone) wishes, Quaid goes to Rekall, a memory-implant company that promises a thrilling virtual trip to the red planet. But what Quaid “remembers” is that he’s a secret agent whose cover has been blown…and that he must return to Mars at any cost. 4K ULTRA HD / BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES: Disc 1 (4K Feature Film and Special Features): Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood Documentary “Open Your Mind: Scoring Total Recall” Featurette “Dreamers Within the Dream: Developing Total Recall” Featurette Audio Commentary with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2 (Blu-ray Feature Film and Special Features):
“Open Your Mind: Scoring Total Recall” Featurette “Dreamers Within the Dream: Developing Total Recall” Featurette Audio Commentary with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven
Disc 3 (Blu-ray – Special Features):
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood Documentary “Total Recall: The Special Effects” Featurette “The Making of Total Recall” Featurette “Imagining Total Recall” Documentary Theatrical Trailer |
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Post by dwightmachinehead on Sept 4, 2020 9:12:03 GMT
Total Recall coming to 4K Blu-ray on December 8th. Available for the First Time on 4K Ultra HD™ in a 3-Disc Combo Pack, In Celebration of Its 30th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD to Include Dolby Vision® and Dolby Atmos® Street Date: 12/8/20 4K UHD SRP: $22.99
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi classic gets the ultimate high-definition treatment when Total Recall arrives as a 3-disc 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray™ and Digital) and Digital 4K Ultra HD December 8 from Lionsgate. Restored in 4K from a scan of the original 35mm negative, the visionary film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator franchise, Predator, The 6th Day), Rachel Ticotin (Con Air, Falling Down, The Eye), Oscar® nominee Sharon Stone (1995, Best Actress, Casino), and Michael Ironside (Starship Troopers, Scanners, Top Gun).
Undertaken by STUDIOCANAL, the restoration was supervised by Paul Verhoeven himself. The restoration crew paid particularly high attention to preserving special-effects continuity, as Total Recall was one of the earliest films to use computer-generated images for special effects winning the Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects at the 1990 Academy Awards®. Available for the very first time in this absolutely stunning format, the Total Recall 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack will include a never-before-seen exclusive documentary feature as well as two brand-new featurettes. Experience four times the resolution of full HD with the 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, which includes Dolby Vision, bringing entertainment to life through ultra-vivid picture quality. When compared to a standard picture, Dolby Vision can deliver spectacular colors never before seen on a screen, highlights that are up to 40 times brighter, and blacks that are 10 times darker. Additionally, the 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack features Dolby Atmos, which will transport viewers from an ordinary moment into an extraordinary experience with moving audio that flows all around them. Fans will feel like they’re inside the action as the sounds of people, places, things, and music come alive with breathtaking realism and move throughout the space.
The Total Recall 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack will be available for the suggested retail price of $22.99.
Inspired by the Short Story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick ● Screen Story by Ronald Shusett & Dan O’Bannon and Jon Povill ●Screenplay by Ronald Shusett & Dan O’Bannon and Gary Goldman ● Directed by Paul Verhoeven
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS Fully reimagined in stunning 4K for its 30th anniversary — and remastered in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos — Paul Verhoeven’s out-of-this-world sci-fi thrill ride can now be experienced like never before! In this splintered-reality mind-bender, it’s the year 2084, and construction worker Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is haunted by dreams of Mars, a place he’s never been. Against his wife’s (Sharon Stone) wishes, Quaid goes to Rekall, a memory-implant company that promises a thrilling virtual trip to the red planet. But what Quaid “remembers” is that he’s a secret agent whose cover has been blown…and that he must return to Mars at any cost. 4K ULTRA HD / BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES: Disc 1 (4K Feature Film and Special Features): Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood Documentary “Open Your Mind: Scoring Total Recall” Featurette “Dreamers Within the Dream: Developing Total Recall” Featurette Audio Commentary with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2 (Blu-ray Feature Film and Special Features):
“Open Your Mind: Scoring Total Recall” Featurette “Dreamers Within the Dream: Developing Total Recall” Featurette Audio Commentary with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven
Disc 3 (Blu-ray – Special Features):
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood Documentary “Total Recall: The Special Effects” Featurette “The Making of Total Recall” Featurette “Imagining Total Recall” Documentary Theatrical Trailer I wonder if this will be uncut version |
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